New evidence for early cattle herding in N Europe 🐄Our research is out in
@Antiquity
#scicomm #archaeology #farming #animals
A 🧵on what we discovered about hunter-gatherers, farmers and cows. Spoiler: we found 2 different herds of cattle! 1/
"Then, suddenly, in a five to seven thousand year burst, no fewer than seven locations independently developed #agriculture. These locations did not adopt agriculture from one another, were not engaged in long-distance #trade with each other, and weren’t even related by conquest; there was no #culturalexchange that explains how all of these places took to the plough and the field simultaneously, and yet they did."
#Neolithic #Archaeology
https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/from-caveman-to-chinaman
Our December issue is out now! Featuring great #archaeology like:
🐎 Scythian origins in Central Asia
⛓️ Repair and recycling of Roman armour
🌿 The power of farmers in Neolithic Denmark
& more! 🔗 https://buff.ly/346lv7h
#Archaeology picks of the day:
➡️ @aap_saaorg - Advances in Archaeological Practice academic journal
➡️ @ForagerLab - Project to investigate foraging societies, based at Univ of Wyoming USA & CARI in Peru
➡️ @arf_ucb - Archaeological Research Facility at UC Berkeley
➡️ @clusterroots - Cluster of excellence at Kiel Univ on human development
➡️ @Fornvannen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, Nordic history & archaeology
➡️ @enfarchsoc - Org doing archaeology in Enfield, London
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If you hear about a job where it helps to have over 200 publications in academic and popular #archaeology, plus 20 years' experience as a journal editor, plus a solid record as a popular teacher, then please give me a nudge!
Anybody know anyone who controls an endowed guest professorship or annual lecture (series)? One that could be manned with a fun and lively Swedish archaeologist? Please put my name forward! I know French and German.
Time for a new #introduction!
I'm a former #geographer & #mapmaker, now working on a #PhD project in digital #archaeology, between #Prehistory and #openSource #geospatial.
I used to work as an #artist, I'm into #sailing (I was #livingAboard during a few years) and #musicMaking is my happy place. I'm also a happy #dad and I'm fluent in fr, en & es.
Finally, I'm the proud admin of https://Mapstodon.space, a great #Mastodon instance dedicated to maps — & full of decent and interesting people!
#Travel #Photography #Cruise #SciFi #BadMovies #RugbyLeague #NFL #Patriots #MST3K #Architecture #Brutalism #ArtDeco #Science #Astronomy #Archaeology #History #Portsmouth
Ignore this post. I need to pin my bio hashtags in a post because the bio links frustratingly break out of the advanced web view in this Mastodon build and they're my shortcut way of browsing posts. Hoping they fix this in a later build.
Looking for a human translator to convey your human words to a human audience? Maybe that's me!
I translate from Swedish, French, Norwegian and Danish into English (mainly UK but US possible depending on the text - I also work with a USian translator as a team where required). I'm a full Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting for both Swedish and French.
I'm also an Intermediate Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading – in other words, I offer proofreading/editing/copyediting services too.
Oh, and copywriting!
I work on everything from press releases through sustainability reports to novels. Particularly fond of archaeology/history (got to get use from my MA somehow) and personal development, but really I'm interested in almost everything and translation allows me to be a nerd about all kinds of things.
The subjects I *don't* do are legal, financial and medical.
#comissionsopen
#getfedihired
#translation
#copywriting
#proofreading
#editing
#archaeology
#PersonalDevelopment
I feel like this needs a pic, so here are two of my three cats looking comfy (if a bit warm).
Archaeologists Just Pulled Pieces Of The Lighthouse Of Alexandria Out Of The Mediterranean Sea
By Ainsley Brown
https://allthatsinteresting.com/lighthouse-of-alexandria-remains
Major Excavation at Tower of London Reveals Medieval Burials and Chapel History
"The most significant archaeological excavation at the Tower of London in a generation has uncovered up to 50 human remains, rare medieval grave goods, and previously unknown Tudor-era structures—shedding remarkable new light on the site’s long and complex history."
https://www.medievalists.net/2025/07/excavation-tower-of-london-rmedieval/
Books about the Tower of London at PG
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=tower+of+london
